Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages

E578974

Austronesian language subgroup language subgroup

Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages are a major subgroup of the Austronesian language family comprising numerous related languages spoken across much of Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (in some classifications)	1
Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages canonical	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian language subgroup ⓘ language subgroup ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nuclear MP ⓘ Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	Austronesian linguistics NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasApproximateNumberOfLanguages	hundreds ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	shared lexical innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ shared morphological innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ shared phonological innovations relative to other Austronesian branches ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution	Brunei NERFINISHED ⓘ East Timor NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Island Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Melanesia ⓘ parts of Polynesia ⓘ
hasMember	Balinese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Bikol languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Buginese language ⓘ Cebuano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Chamorro language NERFINISHED ⓘ Fijian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Hawaiian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ilocano language NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Javanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kiribati language NERFINISHED ⓘ Madurese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Makassarese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Malay language NERFINISHED ⓘ Maori language NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshallese language ⓘ Palauan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Samoan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Standard Malay NERFINISHED ⓘ Sundanese language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tagalog language ⓘ Tahitian language ⓘ Tongan language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Malayo-Polynesian language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasStatus	widely spoken subgroup of Austronesian ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Bima–Lembata languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Celebic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Flores–Lembata languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oceanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine languages ⓘ South Halmahera–West New Guinea languages NERFINISHED ⓘ South Sulawesi languages ⓘ Timor–Babar languages ⓘ
hasTemporalOrigin	prehistory of Island Southeast Asia ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for many member languages) ⓘ
isDefinedBy	comparative-historical linguistics ⓘ
partOf	Austronesian language family NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Malayo-Polynesian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bungku–Tolaki languages → higherClassification → Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ

Celebic branch of Austronesian → higherClassification → Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nuclear Malayo-Polynesian (in some classifications)